Animal trap



C. H. JOHNSON. ANIMAL TRAP. APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1920.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. I920.

1,41 3,536. a ented Apr. 18, 1922 I A TTORIVEYS C. H. JOHNSON.

ANIMAL TRAP. APPLICATION man MAY 5, 1'920. 1,41 3 ,536. Patented p 18, 1922.

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To all whom it may concern: Beiit'known that 1,-HARLES-H. Jorrnson, citizen-ofthe United States, and'a res dent .of Colony, in the county of Anderson and 1 State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Animal Trap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

. .It is well appreciated that cattle, inan endeavor to rid themselves of flies and other insects will run through brush, which will ,strikeagainst their sidesand thus cause the insects to leave the body of the animal. Cattle @will often run amuck' due to the ftor- .tureswhich they undergo caused by insects, and the exertion whichthey are subject to cau'ses' them :tolose flesh, cease giving milk and results in a general value of the cattle.

With this in, mind, I have; constructed a 'nection with cattle and by means-of which 513118 cattle may vbe rid? of insects adhering to c g their sides upon passing through such trap,

' the insects being entrapped and subsequently killed. 5- j Myl-invention not onlytcontemplates a trap -of this nature'which 'shall be able to remove .adhering-insects-from the back :of cattle, but willv also cause fiies =tobe removed from their le s, under-body and flanks.

Eeference is had to the attached sheetsof drawings illustrating one ,practicalenrbodi mentof my invention, fandin which drawh V i any iinsects entrapped within thisspace will novef into the;,-ilongitudinally extending troughs: 1:19 associated with the immovable" panels,which-troughs terminate adjacent the 'upper ends in:.any conventional form of insect-trap 20-so'that flies and other insects crawling up the troughportionsul9 of the numeral 10 indicates sills which serve as a" foundation for the trap, and with which are associated up-rights 11 connected together by means of cross pieces such'as '12 whereby to provide a sufli ciently square frame work. Intermediate supportingv brace rods 13 extendbetween the 'up-rights'll, and along the sides of the trap, one end of these latter rods projecting to a point well in advance of the forward up-rights 11; The yoke 14 has its outer ends movably secured to, the frame depreciation of the I trap particularly applicable for use. in conis a sectional sideview. ofusaid:

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View of providing .means' fPa e t Fem; P 351 2? 1 Application 'filed May 5,1920. jSoIfia1-Il 0.is'lfilool' 'fl a r 1-Do0rs ,1-6,have their outer, ends swingingly securedto the frame work and preferably' to being of such dimension that inclosed posithe up-rights 1-1 oflthe 'same, ;such doors V ti n theyextend at an angle tog oneanothen, j I .as {has been shown-in :Figures v2 andj5 the r -Each 0f theldoors lb preferably 7 0 W {23 9. n e pp si e. on ncth a; a

screening.' 17, the 5 panels [adjacent {the-"point of hinged. connection of the doors16 with I the frame work-10f :the trap *being convenr eachfof whichjjpjanels, is provided ;vvithf ientlyghinge'd as has been indicated by. they:

reference numeral 18 to r the main portion or second panel'of the door, andbeing normally held in, positiona-s shown in-Figure 5 by any suitable means -suchas springs 26' "extending between the-mainportion of the doors .16"

fandathe hingedapanels, 'i y In this connection it will Ibej appreciated thatiby virtueof thescreening17-associated' with bothithe. immovable; and swinging panhols-of thejdoors 16lfl11d; screening 15as'so5 j-- Eciateduvithfthe@yoke 14 thatan enclosed Q r spacepinr the .formio'f .a' triangle is provided 3 which; isshownin Figures :2-and 580' that I a screening 17 will be entrapped within the Now with a :trap 'I2'0-,1which :may conveniently be removed f :from'ythe animal traprandzthe insects ithereink which may be automatically actuated by the 4 animal passing into my improved formsof trap I'hingedly associate with" the forward ends of the supportingbrace rods 13, bell crank levers21. Attached to'the outer ends V of these bell crank levers are'the ends of cables 22 and 23 respectively, the former passing througlropenings such as 24; in the V rods 13 and having their ends attached to the doors 16 adjacentthe forward edges of the same, as has been indicated by the referenre numeral 25, the second cable 23 being conveniently provided with an interposed resilient member 26 and having its endattached to a crank such as 27 associated with the swinging panel of the door 16.

The yoke 14 conveniently carries a brush of any suitable construction, and the yoke is further conveniently draped with a cloth 29 which extends downwardly and outwardly as has been shown in Figures 4 and 6, a weight or any other suitable means 30 cooperating with the yoke 14 and serving to' wardly between the inner ends of the bell cranks 21 thus moving the same to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2,

in which position they will exert a pull upon the cables 22 and 23 resulting in the swinging panels of the doors moving to the posi- 'tion shown in Figure 4:, and dotted lines in Figure 5, the doors swinging open simultaneously against the action of the springs 33, to the posltlon also mdlcated 111 dotted lines in Figure 5. The animal will now continue in its movement, and will engage the levers 34 normally held in the position shown in full lines in Figure 2, by virtue of the springs 35, and upon these levers moving to a position slightly beyond that shown in Figure 2 the same will bear against the inner faces of the movable panels of the doors whereby to retain the doors in open position despite the fact that the rear end of the animal has passed beyond the ends of the bell crank levers 21. The brush 28 will now move over the back of the animal and scrape any adhering insects therefrom, the cloth 32 brushing against the legs and under-body of the animal serving the same purpose for these parts of the body.

The draped cloth 29 will brush against the head and neck of the animal and it will thus be seen that any insects adhering to practically any portionof the body of the same will be caused to fly or be removed therefrom, and the animal passing beyond the levers 34 will permit these levers to return to their normal position so that the movable panels of the doors 16 will snap back into position immediately after the passage of the same, and almost immediately after this has occurred the doors 16 themselves will move to their closed position by virtue of the fact that the animal has passed beyond them.

Thus any adhering insects will be entrapped within the enclosed space formed by the yoke let and the movable and immovable panels of the doors 16, and it will be obvious that these insects in their natural endeavor to escape from within this confined space will crawl or fly into the trough 19, and thus into the trap 20.

Obviously numerous modifications of struc ture might be resorted to without in the least departing from the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention what a secure by Letp I claim as new and'desire to ters Patent is as follows l. A trap, lncludlng a frame-work, doors swingingly attached to said frame-work, said doors each including a stationary panel and swinging panel attached to said stationary panel, means for normally holding said swinging panelat an angle with respect to sa d stationary panel whereby to form an enclosed space, and means for swinging said.

permit of the passage of doors and panels to a body therebetween.

2. A trap, including a frame-work, supporting rods extending from such framework, bell crank levers assoeiated with the outer ends of said supporting rods, levers movably secured tosaid supporting rods, and to the rear of said bell crank levers, doors swingingly secured to said frame-work, means for normally holding said doors in closed position, each of said doors including stationary and swinging panels, means for normally holding said swinging panels at an angle to said stationary panels, and means extending between the outer ends of said bell crank levers, doors and panels for swinging said doors to their open position, and align ing the movable panel with the stationary panel of the same. 7

CHARLES H. JOHNSON. 

